Tag: post office
Macedonia 16.11.24 | 00:05

Nikoloski: Skopje’s central post office building was about to be turned into a cabaret

The previous management of the Macedonian Post Office was planning to rent out its central office in the Skopje Railway Station to be used as a cabaret style night club, said Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Nikoloski. The review of the Post Office showed that the management was hiking its own salaries,...

Economy 17.03.24 | 22:18

Postal workers will hold a strike tomorrow

Unions of the Macedonian Post Office announced that they will hold a strike tomorrow, to demand the salary for last month and a more systemic approach to the numerous problems the company is facing. The strike will take place between 8 and 10, at the main office and in all local post offices. The badly...

Macedonia 24.01.24 | 18:54

Electronic messages are sent from a fake website with the name of Posta, citizens should be careful

Macedonian Post informs that its name has been misused in a fraudulent campaign through the social network Facebook, with a fake website that sends messages and appeals to citizens to be careful. The Post points out that they are not behind announcements in which special boxes with various products are...

Macedonia 17.02.23 | 11:43

Postal union protests hiring of unnecessary administrative employees, says the company is running out of money

The union of the Macedonian Post Office is protesting management’s decision to hire 31 new administrative employees. According to the union, the company is in dire straits, with delays in payments of salaries, and is in no shape to add more workers.  The administrative sector already has too many...

Macedonia 14.04.22 | 09:27

Post Office employees go on strike as well, demand an increase of 3,000 denars

A general strike of the employees of the National Post Office with a request for a linear increase of the net salaries in the amount of 3,000 denars was announced today by the Trade Union of the Macedonian Post and the Trade Union of AD Post of Macedonia. The strike will start at 8 am and will take place...

Macedonia 09.02.22 | 11:55

Electronic fraud attempts made in the name of the Macedonian Post Office

Citizens using the Post Office say that they have received suspicious messages asking them to give away their credit card information. In one instance, the message alleged that the recipient has a package, but can’t claim it because a small sum needs to be paid in tax. The message then asks the...

Macedonia 26.01.22 | 12:48

Post Office will begin delivering payments to retirees at home to protect them from Covid

The Macedonian Post Office intends to begin delivering retirement incomes at home again. Most retirees were required to switch to debit cards, a process that intensified with the spread of the coronavirus epidemic. But now the Post Office says that this poses new risks, as it increases crowds in the...

Macedonia 27.07.21 | 17:34

Pre-election hiring of surplus workers reported in the Macedonian Post Office

The union at the Macedonian Post Office called on the company’s manager Jani Makraduli, who is appointed through the ruling SDSM party, to withdraw his decision to hire 31 new employees in the administrative services department. The decision comes as Macedonia is heading toward municipal elections,...

Macedonia Economy 28.02.21 | 23:07

Post Office resumes its financial services

Branches of the Macedonian Post Office will resume handling financial transactions on Monday. The Post Office stopped accepting or issuing all payments after the collapse of its partner, the Eurostandard Bank, in August. This left tens of thousands of citizens, particularly in the small towns and villages,...

Macedonia Economy 07.12.20 | 21:55

Halk Bank named new exclusive partner of the Macedonian Post Office

The Zaev Government ordered the Macedonian Post Office to begin working with the Halk Bank and conduct payments through its branches. The Post Office stopped conducted basic payments of bills and of retirement incomes after its exclusive partner – the Eurostandard Bank – collapsed several...

Macedonia 04.12.20 | 11:53

Struggling Macedonian Post Office goes on a large hiring spree

Despite facing major financial problems after the collapse of its exclusive Eurostandard Bank partner, the Macedonian Post Office is hiring 280 new workers. The announcement was made shortly after SDSM party official Jani Makraduli was named to lead the Post Office, which is one of the largest public...

Macedonia Economy 12.11.20 | 19:11

Zaev defends his plan to sell the Macedonian Post Office and other key public companies

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev supported the highly controversial plan to sell off a number of publicly owned companies, including the Macedonian Post Office and much of the Macedonian Railways. His Governemnt is badly strapped for cash, and its mismanagement, and apparent criminal activities, deteriorated...

Macedonia Economy 11.11.20 | 21:52

Everything must go: Finance Minister Besimi says major publicly owned companies will go on sale in 2021

Finance Minister Fatmir Besimi said that the Government will try to reduce the huge deficit it plans for next year by selling off a number of fully or partially publicly owned companies. Most iconic among them is the Macedonian Post Office, whose sale was already announced by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. The...

Macedonia 14.10.20 | 12:10

The government has decided: The post office will be privatized

At Tuesday’s session, the Government established the new text of the Law amending the Law on Postal Services, which will be submitted for adoption by the Parliament. In this regard, the Government instructed the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Economic Affairs, the Minister of Economy and the...

Economy 25.09.20 | 11:31

Kostovski: SDSM wants to privatize the Macedonian Post Office

Businessman Trifun Kostovski warned that the ruling SDSM party is planning to sell off the Macedonian Post Office. Kostovski’s Eurostandard Bank, which recently went under, had an exclusive contract to conduct payments through the 330 post office branches across the country, and he claims that...

Economy 03.09.20 | 17:07

Union representing 2,300 postal workers sounds the alarm after the Eurostandard Bank collapse

The union of the Macedonian Post Office is demanding an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, as 2,300 employees face to be left without pay or even fired. The post office heavily relies on the now bankrupt Eurostandard Bank, which had an exclusive contract to use the postal network for cash...

Economy 13.08.20 | 15:08

Collapse of Eurostandard Bank stops all financial transactions through the Macedonian Post Office

The Macedonian Post Office said that it is unable to do most of the usual services it offers t ocitizens, such as paying utility bills, paying out retirement incomes and welfare, after the Eurostandard Bank collapsed and lost its licence yesterday. The bank owned by oligarch Trifun Kostovski has an exclusive...

Macedonia 15.05.20 | 17:21

Post Office tellers stole 25.000 EUR from 26 customers

Nine tellers working in the Macedonian Post Office, and their superior manager, have been charged with stealing 25.000 EUR from the accounts of 26 citizens. The money was taken using forged withdrawal slips, signed in favor of their manager in the branch in Skopje’s Cair district. The theft was...

Macedonia 14.02.20 | 14:58

Post Office wants to add 280 new employees months before the elections

The management of the Macedonian Post Office has opened an ad for no less than 280 new full time employees. The ad prompted immediate allegations of abuse of public funds in the pre-election period. More than 100 job openings are in Skopje, and the rest are distributed across the country. The interim...